Runaway kids and teenage prostitution : America's lost, abandoned, and sexually exploited children / R. Barri Flowers.

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Flowers, R. Barri (Ronald Barri)

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TextSeries: Contributions in criminology and penology ; no. 54.Publication details: Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2001.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 212 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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0313000824
9780313000829
9780313003059
031300305X

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PART I: THE DYNAMICS OF RUNNING AWAY: The scope of runaway youth -- The extent of throwaway kids -- Runaways, arrest, and the police -- Why teens run away from home -- The perils for the teenage runaway -- Theoretical approaches to running away and teenage prostitution -- Policy, practice, and response to runaway and prostitution involved teens -- PART II: THE DYNAMICS OF TEENAGE PROSTITUTION: The nature of teenage prostitution -- Teen prostitutes, arrest, and the criminal justice system -- Girl prostitution -- The pimp's role in teenage prostitution -- Boy prostitution -- PART III: CORRELATES OF RUNNING AWAY AND TEENAGE PROSTITUTION: Child sexual abuse -- Child pornography -- PART IV: THE LAW AND COMBATING TEENAGE PROSTITUTION: Laws and the prostitution of teenagers -- PART V: RUNAWAY YOUTH AND PROSTITUTION TEENS IN OTHER COUNTRIES: Runaways and teenage prostitution globally.

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Summary: This concise and accessible new text examines the correlations between runaway children and teenage prostitution in the United States from a criminological, sociological, and psychological perspective. The author takes a systematic approach to defining and describing the differences between youth who run away from home and those who leave institutional settings and distinguishes the difference between runaway and throwaway children. A careful examination of teenage prostitution among girls and boys helps to illuminate the special problems faced by children who have run away. In addition, the a.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-200) and index.

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This concise and accessible new text examines the correlations between runaway children and teenage prostitution in the United States from a criminological, sociological, and psychological perspective. The author takes a systematic approach to defining and describing the differences between youth who run away from home and those who leave institutional settings and distinguishes the difference between runaway and throwaway children. A careful examination of teenage prostitution among girls and boys helps to illuminate the special problems faced by children who have run away. In addition, the a.

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